Psychology Around Us

744 Pages·2010·24.03 MB·English

by  Ronald Comer

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P s y c h o l o g y
A r o u n d U s
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P s y c h o l o g y
A r o u n d U s
Ronald Comer
Princeton University
Elizabeth Gould
Princeton University
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A b o u t
t h e
A u t h o r s
Ronald Comer
has taught in Princeton University’s Department of
Psychology for the past 35 years and has served as Director of Clinical Psychology
Studies for most ofthat time.He has received the President’s Award for Distinguished
Teaching at the university. Comer also is the author of the textbooks Abnormal
Psychology,now in its seventh edition,and Fundamentals ofAbnormal Psychology,now
in its sixth edition,and the coauthor ofCase Studies in Abnormal Psychology.He is the
producer ofvarious educational videos,including The Introduction to Psychology Video
Library Series.In addition,he has published journal articles in clinical psychology,per-
sonality,social psychology,and family medicine.
Elizabeth Gould
has taught in Princeton University’s Department
ofPsychology for the past 12 years.A leading researcher in the study ofadult neuroge-
nesis,she has published numerous journal articles on the production of new neurons
in the adult mammalian brain.Gould has been honored for her breakthrough work
with a number of awards,including the 2006 NARSAD Distinguished Investigator
Award and the 2009 Royal Society ofthe Arts Benjamin Franklin Medal.She serves on
the editorial boards of The Journal of Neuroscience, Neurobiology of Learning and
Memory,Biological Psychology,and Cell Stem Cell.
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